Arts & Entertainment
The latest arts and entertainment highlights, previews, reviews, music and film features and opinion pieces from The Skinny writers.
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MusicDjango Django: Away with the Pharaohs
Drummer and producer Dave Maclean explains the influence of history and sci-fi on Django Django's long-incubating debut Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
MusicANGO – Another City Now EP
How's this for a geography headfuck: Andrew Gordon Macpherson - who's from Nova Scotia, Canada (with a name like that?) - releases a 7 track EP of bold US R&... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
TheatreVenue of the Month: Edinburgh Festival Theatre
The flagship Edinburgh venue for high art embraces diversity Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
Clubs
Killer Kitsch: 7th Birthday
All Euan Neilson wanted was a midweek night that wasn’t heavily underground and wasn't a student night. Back in 2005 he felt that nothing like that exi... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
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Substance Presents Jeff Mills
That’s right, it’s not a misprint. A few months ago Adam Richardson was celebrating Substance’s 5th birthday by looking back at some of the... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
ClubsMixed Bizness Present Ifan Dafydd
Fresh on the scene after only debuting this summer, Ifan Dafydd is fast making a statement in electronic music and his growing fan base includes the likes of... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012
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Cabaret Voltaire: Lucky Number 7
February is usually a dreary month but thankfully this year the esteemed Cabaret Voltaire turns seven and to celebrate the team have lined up a healthy dose ... Read more »| 29 Jan 2012 -
Music
Track-By-Track: Errors' Have Some Faith In Magic
Errors' Steev Livingstone exclusively presents his guide to the synth wizards' third LP Read more »| 27 Jan 2012 -
Music
Craig Finn – Clear Heart Full Eyes
Combining the beefy riffs of Tad Kubler, (erstwhile member) Franz Nicolay’s organ whirs and one-man sideshows and the pissed-up paeans of Craig Finn, T... Read more »| 27 Jan 2012 -
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Mark Lanegan Band – Blues Funeral
It’s hard to believe that this is Mark Lanegan’s first solo album in eight years; such is the profile of the Seattle scene survivor who has assur... Read more »| 26 Jan 2012 -
Music
Django Django – Django Django
Recorded entirely in drummer/producer David Maclean’s bedroom with nothing but rickety gear, Django Django, a London-based group of former Edinburgh Co... Read more »| 26 Jan 2012 -
Music
The Twilight Sad – No One Can Ever Know
The new direction that third album No One Can Ever Know maps out for The Twilight Sad shouldn’t be too much of a curveball for avid fans. The trimmed-d... Read more »| 26 Jan 2012 -
Music
Boy Friend – Egyptian Wrinkle
Those looking for a short-cut introduction to Boy Friend’s sound could do worse than track down their cover of Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man after Midnig... Read more »| 26 Jan 2012 -
Books
So Much Pretty by Cara Hoffman
Cara Hoffman’s debut novel follows the disappearance of Wendy White, a teenage waitress in the small rural town of Haeden, New York. In a town where ... Read more »| 26 Jan 2012 -
BooksEdinburgh Street Furniture by David Brandon
Edinburgh Street Furniture is an informative guide to the capital’s landmarks and streets. Fittingly, it’s written by historian David Bran... Read more »| 26 Jan 2012